White supremacist upsurge puts US universities under pressure
Emerson College seemed a curious place for flyers to appear promoting white supremacist organisation American Vanguard.
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Blacklisted for BDS?
Popular Native American studies scholar who was named faculty dean at Dartmouth withdraws from position, following criticism of his past support for Israel boycott. Some fear impact on academic freedom.
Free tuition offer in New York could cost local schools
An offer of free tuition for some New York students has officials from area colleges wondering how much it will cost Northeast Pennsylvania.
US university plans dozens of overseas ‘microcampuses’
Rather than build its own brick-and-mortar branch campuses, the University of Arizona is embarking on a plan to open more than 25 “microcampuses” at international partner universities over the next three years ...
The NCAA put out a diversity hiring pledge. Notre Dame and Boston College won’t sign.
Last September, the NCAA started circulating a “presidential pledge” intended to deal with a problem that continues to rankle college sports: Diversity in hiring.
Australian v-cs unite against cuts and performance-linked funding
Australian vice-chancellors have unanimously opposed government proposals to cut university funding and increase tuition fees, while concerns have also been raised about plans to introduce performance-based funding for teaching.
Experiments With a New Way of Paying for College
Colleges (and nontraditional providers) experiment with income-share agreements as innovation that could help some people afford education and training.
China’s internet erupts over Monash University’s drunk officials quiz question
Monash University's reputation in the lucrative Chinese student market has taken a battering after an online exam for business students claimed it was widely said Chinese government officials only tell the truth when they are drunk.
UK Tory review of tertiary funding could bring ‘price competition’
The Conservative manifesto’s plan for a “major review” of tertiary education funding could “generate price competition for the first time ever” across the whole sector, according to one expert in the field.
White House Would Slash Student Aid and NSF
Details leaked about forthcoming budget include large cuts to college aid programs and end Public Service Loan Forgiveness and subsidized loan programs. Other leaks point to new proposals to cut science.
